WORKERS' CAMP

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25053, 17 November 1944, Page 4

WORKERS' CAMP

PROPOSAL IN AUCKLAND PROVISION FOR HOLIDAYS Proposals for the establishment 0 f holiday camp near Auckland and their families have been discusjj during the last few weeks Au f . land Irades Council. JS O linalHv yet been reached .in the mattS tf? negotiations to acquire a permanent ® for the camp have been conduei&r ■ A report on the progress that St been inade-was presented at a of the council last night by the ffij • tary, Mr W. Ashton. A committf which was set up to deal with,the mat Pi ter was given power to take any s ' n « necessary to raise funds and to acquit the property It is expected that ar? i unions will be conducted • § The council intends to buy a sectinii ' E probably up to about five acres, at sZ» ' B suitable place near the sea. The m™! H will be open to the families of nS?' 1 who are members of unions affiliated the Federation of Labour. For a sm«vi cost they will be able to attend thi! camp for a maximum period of twn weeks. Cooking arrangements will hj! ' dealt with by a staff engaged hv tb committee which will supervise th« camp. "It is possible that the, camp win open in a small way this summer but ■ operations will begin in earnest 'next summer," said Mr Ashton after last i ; night's meeting. "The present inten tion is that the camp should be odcd each summer from November until March or April, One of the council's ideas in establishing the camp jg give the mothers a proper holidav, f r « from household worries. They,will not need to worry about the preparation of meals, and there will be at least one trained nurse to organise games for the children and to carry out anv other duties necessary-for the health*of the people in the camp. • "This camp will be the first of "its kind in New Zealand, and-it is hoped that it will be the start of a chain of workers' camps around Auckland," said Mr Ashton.